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Basil Wolverton
Gladstone Gallery, June 20–Aug 14
Long before R. Crumb ushered in the underground comix revolution, cartoonist and illustrator Basil Wolverton (1909–1978) was plying his trade for everyone from Mad magazine to Marvel Comics to Topps Bubble Gum. A true original, Wolverton was the self-professed "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People who Prowl this Perplexing Planet," and his style influenced not only Crumb but West Coast surf- and hot-rod culture (notably the work of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth), and East Coast Punk (notably the cartoons of John Holmstrom, as well as, arguably, the music of the Ramones; they were Wolverton fans). Now, artist and connoisseur of the weird Cameron Jamie has put together a blue-chip gallery tribute to Wolverton and his singular contribution to American culture, low and high.
All images © Glenn Bray and the Wolverton Estate, Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York.
Time Out New York / Issue 716 : Jun 18–24, 2009
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Link to the Wolverton Mad cover: http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/index-mad011.html
Wolverton's cover was MAD #11, still a comic book. I'm surprised you didn't mention his cover for your erstwhile sister publication, LIFE.
Mad Magazine (he drew its very first cover) ------ The first cover was drawn by Harvey Kurtzman, unfortunately, and not Wolverton.